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The Last Supper

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The Gift of The Mantle

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The Creation of Adam

Leonardo da Vinci
was known for many of his art works but one of the most famous and popular
was The Last Supper. Leonardo was very paciant with all of his art works.
The Last Supper took him 20 years to complete. The centerpiece, CREATION OF
ADAM, shows God extending his hand to touch Adam's to give Adam life. The
sheer size and brilliance of the Sistine Chapel ceiling have made it the
High Renaissance's grandest work of art. While Leonardo and Michelangelo
were the High Renaissance's most famous artists, others contributed in
significant ways as well. Some of these artists include: RAPHAEL SANTI,
TITIAN, TINTORETTO, and PAOLO VERONESE.
People were amazed upon
seeing the new Renaissance art. They had never seen anything like it
before. It was innovative in its design and controversial in its subjects.
The new art was both realistic and beautiful. The city of Florence became
the center of one of the most concentrated and productive periods in the
history of the arts.The most significant innovation in painting during the
Renaissance was the use of Perspective drawing. Painting from the Middle
Ages did not have a realistic sense of depth and tended to look flat. Early
Renaissance artists developed a system for creating depth called
perspective using the horizon line and the vanishing point. One of the
first artists to paint with a believable sense of depth was Giotto
(1267-1337), but his work didn't employ the system of linear perspective.
Sometimes called the "FATHER OF RENAISSANCE PAINTING," GIOTTO was
also a pioneer in the field of fresco painting. Later, artists such as
Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and MASACCIO (1401-1428) helped develop the
science of linear perspective.
Michelangelo had
created a masterpiece that was larger than life itself. Containing over 300
gigantic, colorful figures, Michelangelo depicted several scenes from the
Bible. The centerpiece, CREATION OF ADAM, shows God extending his hand to
touch Adam's to give Adam life. The sheer size and brilliance of the
Sistine Chapel ceiling have made it the High Renaissance's grandest work of
art. While Leonardo and Michelangelo were the High Renaissance's most
famous artists, others contributed in significant ways as well. Some of
these artists include: RAPHAEL SANTI, TITIAN, TINTORETTO, and PAOLO
VERONESE.



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